Deprecated
2008 May 6
I guess it has been a while since I learned HTML. Apparently several tags and attributes were deprecated (years back even…). They replaced the strikethrough and s tags with del, which is not a big deal (I’ve replaced these tags on SS!AB), but many of the tags are being deprecated in favor of CSS solutions.
Typically this is good practice, because you only have to make the change in one place. However, I’m a little wary of just using CSS to replace align attributes and u tags. For static pages this makes sense, but I am not sure I want to have to put in the classes in the CSS every time I change a theme.
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I’m with you on not being a fan of CSS to replace align. But, then again, I still find CSS such a pain to learn. Any good tutorial websites?
I just noticed that ‘del’ tag in the new Wordpress editor thingy. I didn’t even use strikethrough, just ’strike.’ I wonder if they’re the same. I noticed that the del lets you put in a timestamp of when you crossed out the stuff. Probably has something to do with the “semantic web” crap that people keep on talking about.